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Wednesday, May 09, 2012

I met Emily Herrick of Crazy Old Ladies Quilts last fall at the sewing summit! I was a fan of her boy inspired fabric designs and was really excited to hear about her new book Geared for Guys full of inspiring color palettes and quilt patterns with a masculine edge.

Emily is as fun and sweet as they get! I was really happy to participate when she asked me to to review her book and be a part of the tour! I received a copy via PDF and am really happy how easy it is to read on my iPad. I've not ventured out much into the world of eBooks, but so far I like it!!

I love how inspiring the patterns are in the book. As we all know, it is a challenge to sew for the boys and men in our life. Emily has successfully married color and design to create eight guy-friendly quilts that I would enjoy too!

There were two quilts in Emily's book that I was immediately drawn to.

I love the grays with a pop of orange in Odd Ball.

And Switch Back is an awesome pixelated version of the ever popular chevron!

I really love the simplicity of her designs in this book. Things that work really well playing a lot of solids with masculine design. The focus of the quilts becomes the colors and the patterns - not necessarily a bright focal floral like some of us, ahem (me), might be used to.

If you would like to win a copy of Emily's book Geared for Guys just leave me one comment (with email) answering the following question:

- What is the best thing you have made for a guy in your life? OR What would you LIKE to make for him?

To continue hopping along for more chances to win visit the lovely Pat Sloan for her review tomorrow. Of course you can visit Emily's blog each day to see where the giveaway is for that day!

I'm so excited I might actually bust one of these out for my guy this summer!

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crafty mcCrafters commented:

I like the Chevron quilt. I did two cross stitch pictures of old train engines for my husband. They're hanging on the wall in his computer room. I would like to make him a lap size quilt to the winter months when it's chilly.

I would love to make a quilt for my brother & the patterns from this book look fantastic & I know he'd love any one of them. It's great to see a book focusing on masculine quilts. Thanks for the lovely giveaway.

The first thing that came to mind is the Davey Crockett outfit that I made for my son, as a surprise for Christmas one year. The picture that my husband got of him tearing out of the room to go try it on is priceless. :)

In February I started making Union Jack blocks for a quilt for DH but set the project aside and haven't got back to it (too much like hard work) so I would love to win to get a better pattern to make for him!

I started quilting a few months ago and now I am absolutely addicted to it! I love the inspirations of the GUYS quilts and my next quilt will be an Arabic geometric inspired pattern with solid colours for my husband as we’re living actually in the UAE. Thanks for the chance to win this fantastic eBook.

I made a Queen size quilt with masculine greens, blues, and yellows from a pattern out of Love of Quilting. 235 hours later my dad has his Christmas present. Very hard to find appropriate styles that would go well for men.

I guess the best thing I have made for males is knitted or chrocheted blankets. Nice, but a quilt seems more substantial! I have loved getting a peek inside this great book - thanks for the chance to win!

My son actually wanted me to make him curtains for his apartment in NY. Since I have never seen the place it was a shot in the dark. But he loved them and now he want a quilt...to bad I used all that fabric up on the curtains. Would love to win the book and make one for my son. Thanks for the giveawayM

First off, I am so glad to finally see a book with designs for guys! I've made quilts for my two sons, but I would love to make one for my hubby. He might not ever use it, but I've had it in my mind (and heart) to make one for him. Thanks for the review and giveaway.

Years ago I made a quilt for my hiking boyfriend, Bill. I covered the quilt in hand appliqued trees. It took a serious amount of time and cash. We broke up right before I gave him the quilt. My Mom made me promise not to give it to him. I wanted to but I kept my promise. Years later after all the heartbreak is over and I'm married to another hiking man, he asks me often to kiss him over the "bill" quilt. Eventually that quilt made it to the right man.

I made a Union Jack quilt for a serving soldier in the British Forces. I took a ton of off-white, red and blue fabrics which I cut to pieces and sewed up again into fabric panels and cut the strips and triangles from those. Turned out beautifully. I'm told he takes it with him everywhere he's deployed.

I made my then boyfriend a pair of Wile E. Coyote boxer shorts. They eventually became his lucky shorts and he wore them at both our wedding and our first daughter's birth. Twenty years later, he doesn't wear then, but they still live in the back of his drawer. Ha, I haven't thought about them in years... Good memories!

The best thing ever that I made for my husband wasn't something that involved sewing at all. I wrote a poem for him and placed that onto some great looking paper and then framed it for him. He loved it and has it still to the day hanging on the wall right next to his desk in our living room. I am not one to write poems at all so I am actually quite proud that I did that in the first place.

I am planning on making my husband a quilt for his bday in sept. Since I'm brand new at the quilting game I'm not sure which design to use but I think this book has a lot of potential for me being able to make all kinds of good stuff for all the "guys" (boys and hubby) in my life! Thanks short the chance to win! craftnursequilt(at)gmail(dot)com

There are a few men in our family and I have made monogram pillows and lap quilts. There is always that creative struggle to find a project perfect for guys - the few snaps that I have seen from this book look awesome!! Thanks for the chance!micheletimms (at) gmail (dot) com

When my boys were still into Halloween, I make the most awesome Bugs Bunny costume, but I have made recycled blue jean quilts for the now much older boys.This book has just the kind of guy quilts I want to make, modern, simple, uniqueand masculine. Thanks.

I work with metal as a hobby and part-time gig so I made my husband this awesome sterling belt buckle that has a 1-up mushroom fom Mario Bros. I make silver or metal things for people all the time, but this is the only thing I have made for my hubby.

Made my husband a mug rug for his tea mug which he uses daily. I the works is a quilt made using his father's ties, some of his ties & a couple of our son's ties. That quilt has been in the thinking/planning stage since for 20 years! Now that I have settled on a design I like, I have high hopes of getting the top made this year :)

I really, really want to make a quilt for my hubby. He is such a wonderful, giving man and he deserves a nice quilt to relax under at the end of the day. I'm crossing my fingers that I win a copy of this awesome book!

I always made Halloween costumes for my kids and probably the best were the Star Trek the Next Generation uniforms. One for my daughter in ship's counselor turquoise and one for my son in officer gold. They wore them until they were too small to wear!

I have my husband many different things over the years- knit scarves,toque,but the nicest things have been a couple of quilts and a parka coat with an applique on the back.Thanks for the chance to win such a nice book.Regards,Anna

I would like to make my DH to stop messing up every shirt he puts on. On occasion he does change his shirts. No matter what, he manage to look like he had been working underneath the truck when he walks into the house. How does he manage? I would also love to get started on his quilt. Too many UFO's. Judith, Texas

I would have to say the coolest thing I made was I took a picture of his 68 Mustang and had it printed on muslin and then I sewed borders and add some corner blocks that I stenciled the Mustang pony on two and a GT on the other two, quilted it and then framed in 16 x 20 frame to hang on the wall. It turned out awesome, made one for my brother for his 70 Camaro too.

I would like to make a quilt for my brother. He is a true cowboy and so must be colors he will like -- and since this book gives suggestions on colors too, think it would be most helpful to win! Thanks for that chance.

Coffee- LOL I made each of my nephews characters from Wizard of oz one got the tin man and one got the scare crow (and my niece got dorothy) they had a beanie lion. I also made them pajama pillows- one got a penguin and the other a turtle-

I'm currently making my hubby a quilt from his old army uniforms. It's really difficult for me, but I think it will be the most loved thing I could ever make for him. I'm stuck now on how to quilt it. I have to figure it out soon, he asks me about it practically on a weekly basis!

I Luuuuv the gray quilt with orange and would make it in a minute for a 25 year old son who loves the color orange! He also loves green and I did make him a green quilt for a college graduation present!

Oh hard to say what the best thing I ever made for my husband was, but it may have been the microwave baked potato bag.I made one to try it and he loves the way potatoes turn out when baked in it so much he has increased his potato consumption and asked me to make 20 more bags to give to other people! Never imagined anything like this would happen from such a simple project Haha!

I made my boyfriend a stuffed Chewbacca! I was like, "heck yes I am sewing a stuffed animal for my 32-year-old boyfriend." He loved it. :) I would love to tackle some of those guy quilts -- it's practically my own personal aesthetic!

I made a quilt for my husband with hot rod cars for the top and '40s pinup girls on the back. Right now, I'm re-creating a quilt my mom made for my son. He carried it around and it's been washed so much that it just fell apart. He keeps telling me to sew faster!